15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.


In Context

12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasses the whole land of Ethiopia.

14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.

Genesis 2:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:15The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.